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gauss
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855) [syn: Karl Gauss , Karl Friedrich ...
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The gauss , abbreviated as G or Gs, is the cgs unit of measurement of a magnetic field B , which is also known as the "magnetic flux density" or the "magnetic induction." It is named after German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss . One gauss ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
C.G.S. unit of intensity of a magnetic field, 1882, named for German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). Related: Gaussage .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gauss \Gauss\ (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.] (Elec.) The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a field of one line of force per square centimeter, being thus adopted as an international unit at Paris in 1900; ...
Usage examples of gauss.
Sinking back against the rucked-up earth, Kirk thumbed the primer on one of the gauss rifles and lifted it slowly to his shoulder.
Swallowing hard, he let the gauss rifle sink to rest across his knees.
He stepped up beside George and closed his hand around the barrel of the gauss rifle to make it clear he was prepared to disarm him if the older man forced the issue.
Kirk whispered, taking the moment of stillness to thumb the last of his shells into the gauss rifle and toss the empty magazine away.
Mutawbe took the gauss rifle when George handed it to him, then the IR scanner and the shock grenades.
He froze even before he felt the cool touch of a gauss rifle against the back of his skull.
One Stingray took a gauss slug directly into the cockpit, gutting the control section and leaving the pilot as little more than a smear over the back fuselage.
Thunder gauss rifle, the M1 turned its rail gun against the damaged JES.
He outlasted the Jessie as it finally grounded out after a series of hammering gauss slugs from the M1 Marksman.
With artificial thunderclaps splitting the air, both Marksmen punched rail-accelerated gauss slugs into the lead Schmitt.
The second gauss slug impacted over a wheel, smashing it back into the drivetrain and fouling the right-side independent drive mechanism.
A Yellow Jacket, in fact, a flying version of the Marksman or SM1 Destroyer, could worry even Star Colonel Torrent with its nose-mounted gauss rifle.
As if they needed further encouragement, a Yellow Jacket VTOL slid over the north side of the field and skipped a gauss slug off the ferrocrete tarmac next to them.
It peaked at a billion gauss, then after several nanoseconds fell almost to zero.
Euler and Gauss were legendary miners-long-dead fleshers, but their skills had rarely been equaled.